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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/05/2025

I think we are great risk of a future where unregulated use of tech turns America’s educational system into something even more segregated and classist than it is today - poor kids get largely automated “education” and surveillance discipline, rich kids get gentle low-tech instruction from humans.

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Obv Jane Austen has a deserved legacy as a precise satirist of trash men and the lopsided gender dynamics and mercenary underpinnings of romance, but she also throws some real haymakers on the younger Bennett girls in P&P lol. Mary is kind of shy and awkward in the movie but a PILL in the book

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

It is a little weird to me countries aren’t more aggressively, formally trying to take advantage of the U.S. science brain drain. Once in a lifetime opportunity to buy low on Non-Dumbass Americans with PhDs who just wanna look into microscopes and quietly cure ass cancer as our country eats shit.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.

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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines”
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It's pretty funny that Trump has engineered a geo-political game of chicken between two societies - the US and China - where the winner will be the society most willing to withstand economic pain and inconveience in furtherance of some future national collective goal. Not really a US strong suit!

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cathyparkhong.bsky.social @cathyparkhong.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Accidentally sending Harvard that letter is like signalgate; like sending an innocent man to El Salvador due to an admin error; like calculating tarriffs by trade deficit: we are allowing ourselves to be terrorized by utter buffoons.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I am sincerely moved by Sen. Van Hollen. Sometimes Members of Congress do stuff that is brave. I didn’t say this while he was there, but it kind of reminded me of Rep. Leo Ryan in 1978. We need more MOCs to show the same spine for their constituents. We do NOT accept our neighbors being disappeared

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dave wagner @davewagner.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Sandal doesn't need a rocket, he can go to space, and even to other planets, entirely through the power of his own catnip-supercharged mind

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Here’s the best way to understand what’s happening. Trump genuinely wants to impose a 19th century mercantilist model that would crash the economy and destroy the global trading order but the idea is just so colossally stupid and destructive, he can’t actually do it. So we get this.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Interesting that Trump’s economic approval has fallen to basically the worst of his career and his overall approval is right around where it always is. Maybe the entire phenomenon isn’t actually about the economy? Or maybe there’s much further to fall if / when things get worse. We’re gonna find out

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025

Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 03/04/2025

Curtis Yarvin looks exactly like a Standard Poodle whose heart has been turned to evil

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

the best part is none of Trump's base will ever ever ever doubt themselves or him. they are fundamentally ruined as people. he could execute their children in front of them and they'd still vote for him.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

they should. not doing so would be exactly the kind of failure that got us into this mess. people need to holler if action isn't taken.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

I swear to god there is a separate LinkedIn just for dudes with histories of misogynistic violence, how are they even finding this many scumbags

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

"Persons being deported may be sent to countries other than their countries of origin" is INSANE

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

this is an exhibit at the african american museum in dc and this is why donald trump wants to destroy it STOP. HIM.

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NOAA @noaa.gov · 28/03/2025

The cherry blossom trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., have officially reached peak bloom! Take a peek 👓 (not peak!) at the blooms pictured here, taken today (3/28) by the National Park Service. Visit nps.gov/cherry for more.

Close-up of cherry blossoms leaves taken March 28, 2025, the first day of “peak bloom” for the trees along the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. Credit: National Park Service.

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Conor Lamb @conorlambpa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

To anyone who is not clear: The First Amendment protected Rumeysa Ozturk when she published her op-ed. The same way it has protected me. Rule of law means that we should be treated equally.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

these two members of congress are ostensibly communicating the same thing, but rep dexter's message is all wrong and sen van hollen's is right. convict them, dont give them any ground. you dont ever gotta hand it to them.

Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D.
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RFK Jr. is not wrong. We are failing to keep our communities healthy. This message resonates with many.

But I have serious concerns about his ability and expertise to lead such a sweeping overhaul of the HHS workforce. We need accountability, not just rhetoric.

‪Senator Chris Van Hollen‬ ‪@vanhollen.senate.gov‬
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Today we learned that RFK Jr. is cutting thousands of jobs at HHS — the department responsible for keeping Americans healthy and safe.

They say this is about making America healthy again, but they know damn well this does the exact opposite. They are putting lives in danger.

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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

"A mysterious and scary sounding group are threatening you, so we need to suspend civil liberties, throw out the law, and demonize anyone who criticizes these policies as in line with the shadowy group who wants to kill you." im tired of the right running the same shitty playbook on us.

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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

All I keep thinking about is how Pete Hegseth raised questions of the competency of a Black four-star general and Air Force fighter pilot who was the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Hegseth asked did he get the job “because of his skin color? Or his skill? We’ll never know, but always doubt.”

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

They’re not going to get out of this by playing semantics. Sending detailed information about an upcoming military strike on unclassified channels (and even to the wrong guy) is wrong, reckless, and obviously a threat to American troops.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

so to be absolutely clear: the black man hired for the job did it competently for four years, only to be replaced by the unqualified white guy who has careened from fuck up to fuck up think ive got that right.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Biggest takeaway from this is that a huge swathe of the American population refuses to believe that historical events can be driven by random losers with impulse control problems. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC8t...

youtube.com

Oswald Acted Alone: JFK Assassination Solved (Part 1 of 2)

YouTube video by Sean Munger

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

reminder: most americans have no idea any of this stuff is going on. the signal leaks. the destruction of dept of education, social security. they have no idea. they are trying to live life and this information isnt getting to them. take it upon yourself to spread the data.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Even if you think Paul Weiss and Columbia made the only choice available to them in the circumstances (and that's not what I think, to be clear), you have to recognize that there's no future for our democracy if every powerful institution approaches official extortion in this way.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The plot to end college is right before our eyes

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

the right's power has been built off the back of the willingness to kill and to threaten murder. this goes back decades, the crusade to repeal Roe had a legislative arm and it had a bunch of dudes willing to shoot or bomb clinics. Meanwhile leftists go to prison for tweeting aggressively.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

i think democratic operatives are some of the dumbest people in america, which is really something considering we live in maga america now. imagine believing this in the year of our lord 2025.

Several Democratic operatives associated with candidates who did better than the presidential ticket last year told CNN they are annoyed and confused by Walz’s assessment that most Trump 2024 voters are lost causes for Democrats.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One way to understand what’s happening is that Republicans want to do to academia - colleges, universities, science, medical research - what they did to labor.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/03/2025

very excited to do 2002/2003 except somehow stupider and potentially more destructive

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WIRED @wired.com · 18/03/2025

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

freedom.press

Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 17/03/2025

Remember poor Stumpy the cherry tree? One year ago was his final full bloom before 🪚 More at cwg.live

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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 17/03/2025

The cherry blossoms are now at their second stage: Florets visible. On average, peak bloom is about two weeks away. See the latest at our cherry blossom tracker page: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025... Photo by Jeanne Stuart McVey

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard. Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.” - Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/03/2025

No one should travel to the U.S. unless they’ve absolutely got to right now.

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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...

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She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.

Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.

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The Takoma Torch 🔥🐓 @takomatorch.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

“I know the cat tore down the curtains and knocked over the potted plant,” said Shoomer from inside his crate. “But in order to prevent him from doing this again, I plan to find common ground by giving him all of my chew toys and my bed. Perhaps that will change his behavior.”

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Democrat Dog Assumes Guilt for MAGA Cat Destroying House

WASHINGTON, DC — Local dog Bark Shoomer is cowering in the corner after his housemate cat, Feline Musk, completely destroyed their house, leaving Shoomer afraid that their owner will return and ass…

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I’d like to ask every single New Yorker who’s remotely left of center to get actively involved in your local Democratic Party chapter with the goal of driving Schumer, Gillibrand, Hochul, Adams, Cuomo and all the other dead wood into retirement.

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